Ocean Motion

Ocean Motion: Close to the house. Kayak nature tours and bike rentals that start a short five minute walk from the house. Guides take you on a 2-hour kayak tour to Sea Island via Postell Creek, which runs through historic Bloody Marsh. Take your kayaks out on the tip of Sea Island on what feels like a deserted beach where you can walk and enjoy the secluded beach scenery and birdwatching. 1-800-669-5215 www.oceanmotion.biz

Southeast Adventure

Salt Marsh Tours: The Pleasantses – Capt. Jeanne and Capt. Jim – offer a variety of eco-tours, including birding expeditions, sunset cruises, moonlight boat rides and history tours on a 25-foot pontoon. Most popular is the two-hour salt marsh nature tour ($40) through winding tidal creeks past the sites of two former plantations at Hampton Point and Cannon’s Point. Children are invited to steer the boat on any tour. 912-638-9354 www.marshtours.com

Cap Fendig’s Dolphin Tours: Ply the marshlands and inland waters to see dolphins on a 90-minute boat cruise. $20; $10 ages 10 and under. 912-6335-5678 www.saintsimonstransit.com

Southeast Adventure: Variety of sea kayak tours offered daily. 912-638-6732 www.southeastadventure.com

Coastal Island Charter Fishing: Fish or tarpon, shark, trout, flounder, redfish, grouper, snapper, sea bass and more with Capt. Richie Lott and his U.S. Coast Guard-licensed captains. 1-888-288-5030 or 912-638-0241. www.charterfish.net

St. Simon's Lighthouse and Museum of Coastal History

Fort Frederica National Monument: The 18th-century British settlement, established by Gen. James Oglethorpe in 1736, includes a fort that guarded Georgia’s southern frontier and a village of English and German colonists. $5 per vehicle; $3 for those 18 and older and on foot, bike, motorcycle, or boat. 912-638-3639.

Christ Church, Frederica: The second-oldest Episcopal church in Georgia and the third-oldest in the country, it was originally built in 1820, but destroyed during the Civil War. It was rebuilt in 1886. It is an active church with regular worship services. Many of the island’s oldest and most notable residents are buried in the cemetery. A Celtic cross monument and gardens across the street pay tribute to John and Charles Wesley, who came to Georgia in the 1740s with Oglethorpe as Anglican priests. 912-638-8683 www.christchurchfrederica.org

St. Simon’s Lighthouse and Museum of Coastal History: The fully operational lighthouse – one of five surviving towers in Georgia – shines 18 miles out to sea to aid navigation through St. Simon’s Sound. Visitors can climb 129 steps to the top. The museum has exhibits on the history of the lighthouse and the life of a turn-of-the –century lighthouse keeper and his family. The site includes an 1872 brick lighthouse and keeper’s dwelling, an 1890 oil house and a Victorian gazebo. $4; $2 ages 6-11; under 6 free. 912-638-4666 www.saintsimonslighthouse.org

St. Simon’s Trolley Island Tours: A great way to get oriented. Tour the island and hear about 400 years of history and folklore. Through September, 90-minute tours leave from Pier Village at 11:00 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily. $18; $10 ages 4-12; under 4 free. 912-638-8954 www.stsimonstours.com

Bike Trail

Brunswick and the Golden Isles Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1-800-933-2627 or 912-265-0620, www.bgicvb.com or for more on the web, www.gacoast.com, www.glynncounty.com, www.stsimonsguide.com